Essays about: "role of media in day to day life"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words role of media in day to day life.

  1. 1. Social Media as a Crisis Response : How is the water crisis in Cape Town dealt with on Twitter

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sandra Pettersson; [2018]
    Keywords : Social Media; Crisis Response; Day Zero; Water crisis; Cape Town; South Africa; Theory of Planned Behavior; Twitter Research; Twitter Archivist;

    Abstract : In our interconnected world, social media is a vital tool for communication in the everyday life of individuals. The importance of social media in society has increased not only in times of peace, but social media has grown to be instrument of influencing crisis. READ MORE

  3. 2. (S)examensarbete

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Cecilia Pfaff; [2016]
    Keywords : art; textile art; knitting; crochet; sex; sexy; sexiness; Instagram; selfie; performance; sun chair; craftivism; Dolly Parton; body; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy; konst; textilkonst; stickning; virkning; sex; sexig; sexighet; Instagram; selfie; performance; solstol; craftivism; Dolly Parton; kropp; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy;

    Abstract : Preface: Thank you to all the women in my life who have supported me through this process; to my mother, to my other mother (Susan), to Kara, to Jordan and, of course, to Dolly. Summary: (S)examensarbete is a journey through which I have questioned if knitting can be sexy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Extending browser platforms with native capabilities, enabling additional features in a media streaming context

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Interaktiva och kognitiva system; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Nicklas Schultz; [2015]
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    Abstract : Web applications an play increasingly central role in our every day life, as many of our computer based tasks are performed solely within the web browser. Desktop applications requiring installation is becoming part of the past and most applications gets a web alternative — turning the web into a target platform for application development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Pics or it didn't happen: Instagram in Prosumer Capitalism and Reflexive Modernity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Aaron Frey; [2012]
    Keywords : Instagram; Facebook; social media; social network sites; mobile computing; prosumption; prosumer capitalism; web 2.0; photography; material culture; reflexive modernity; communities of practice; practice theory; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Drawing on practice centered approaches to consumption, this study situates a cultural analysis of Instagram, a smartphone-­‐based image sharing application used by over 80 million people worldwide, within wider discourses on reflexive modernity, critical media studies, prosumption, and late-­‐modern consumer culture. A seven-­‐day diary study with 25 international participants, supplemented by participant observation, helps tie these theoretical engagements to specific lived experiences illustrating what it means to live with a networked camera almost permanently on-­‐hand to record and share images of daily life. READ MORE

  6. 5. Like us on Facebook! : A qualitative study about online communication on Facebook

    University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Nathalie Anund; Adam Severin; Martin Zalewski; [2012]
    Keywords : Communication; Engagement; Word of Mouth; Social Networks; Social Media; Facebook;

    Abstract : As of the moment Facebook is the world’s largest online social network with over 800 million active users and more than 50% of the users log on to the website on any given day. It is considered to be the most important social platform on the Internet since it reaches more people than any other social network. READ MORE